Chapter 176: Am I in your wish?
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, the temperature dropped sharply and sporadic snowflakes began to fall outside.
Jiang Xu wrapped Tuanbao very tightly, leaving only his two eyes exposed, and took him out to set off fireworks.
He Yanting also followed and took the initiative to take on the task of lighting the fire.
Beautiful fireworks bloomed in the dark night, and the brilliant colors illuminated their faces. Jiang Xu looked at the fireworks, and the man next to her glanced at her sideways.
"Make a wish quickly!" Tuanbao put his hands together.
Jiang Xu found that the child loved to make wishes, so he cooperated by putting his hands together.
When he opened his eyes, He Yanting asked, "Is I in your wish?"
Jiang Xu ignored him.
He Yanting said, "Do you want to hear my wish?"
"In no mood."
Jiang Xu pulled Tuanbao back to the house.
The two elderly people of the He family and Xia Yulin were drinking tea and watching TV in the living room.
Jiang Xu walked over and sat down next to her mother, with Tuanbao sitting on the other side of her.
He Yanting followed closely, but this time he didn't try to grab a seat. Instead, he sat down on the single sofa opposite them so that he could see Jiang Xu as soon as he raised his eyes.
Several people were watching the Spring Festival Gala and chatting, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Tuanbao was eating snacks when he suddenly thought of something and asked He Yanting, "Dad, are we going to visit grandpa and grandma tomorrow like we always do?"
Hearing this, He Yanting, who was looking at his phone, immediately looked up and subconsciously looked at Jiang Xu.
He Yanting's parents are a sensitive point for everyone.
Jiang Xu was fine, but Xia Yulin's expression changed obviously.
She was chatting with Old Mrs. He, but suddenly fell silent and looked at He Yanting with a pale face.
He Yanting withdrew his gaze and said "hmm" lightly.
Seeing this, Mrs. He quickly pulled Xia Yulin to continue chatting, trying to divert her attention.
But the color on Xia Yulin's face never returned, and she looked very out of shape.
It was past eleven o'clock in the evening. The two elders of the He family could not hold on any longer and went to bed first. Before leaving, they asked Xia Yulin and Jiang Xu to stay overnight and said they would eat dumplings together the next morning.
Tuanbao had fallen asleep a long time ago, so He Yanting took him back to sleep.
The clock struck twelve and there was a sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside.
"Mom, let's go and rest too."
Jiang Xu held her mother's hand and found that her palm was cold.
"good."
Xia Yulin nodded, and the two went to the guest room together.
Xia Yulin took out a sleeping pill from her bag and took one.
Jiang Xu felt very uncomfortable watching this. First, Jiang Minghuai cheated on her husband, and then He Yanting's mother died, which caused Xia Yulin to suffer from severe depression.
She has been feeling guilty for so many years and often relies on sleeping pills to fall asleep.
She tried to comfort her mother: "Mom, what happened back then was not caused by you subjectively."
Xia Yulin sat on the bed and smiled bitterly: "Ruanruan, stop comforting me. I can't get away from it. I often wonder if everything would have been different if I hadn't agreed to be a lobbyist, or if I had spoken in a more pleasant tone that day."
Jiang Xu sat down beside her and held her hand.
Xia Yulin sighed. "She was an exceptional woman. I still remember her name, Su Jingjing. She had the gentle and graceful face of a southern woman, but a resolute and strong character. Who would have thought that it was this girl who would make He Yijing, the proud son of the He family, willingly face death?"
This sparked Jiang Xu's curiosity. "What happened back then? Didn't she and He Yijing have an affair?"
However, Xia Yulin shook her head.
"I always thought she was the one who interfered with He Yijing and Song Baoyue's marriage. The He family was very secretive about this matter. It wasn't until after He Yijing passed away that we learned the whole story through the diary he left behind."
turn out to be--
He Yijing and Su Jingjing are college classmates and each other's first love.
After graduation, he lived with Su Jingjing without telling the He family.
Su Jingjing soon became pregnant, but at this time Shengyu Group ran into problems and needed the help of the Song family. It just so happened that the Song family also wanted to cooperate with Shengyu Group.
Song Baoyue proposed a marriage agreement, and the two were only nominal husband and wife and divorced three years later.
He Yijing weighed the pros and cons and agreed.
He did not hide this from Su Jingjing. After Su Jingjing found out, although she was in pain, she finally compromised after struggling for a while.
The two are actually a real couple, but they cannot be seen in public.
I thought that after three years, the clouds would clear and the moon would appear, but I didn't expect Song Baoyue to break the contract and was unwilling to divorce. She also found Su Jingjing and threatened her with her son He Yanting.
Su Jingjing, who was pregnant with her second child at the time, learned that He Yijing had cheated on her and was unable to divorce, and felt betrayed.
So she took the young He Yanting and left resolutely.
He Yijing had been looking for her for several years, but he never expected that she would actually make a living as a lawyer in a place like Xiting.
The two elders of the He family learned about Su Jingjing's existence from Song Baoyue. They thought that Su Jingjing was an intruder in a wealthy marriage and were very angry. They planned to ask Su Jingjing to hand over the child and leave Beijing.
And Xia Yulin was the one who went to negotiate.
What happened later was beyond everyone's control. Su Jingjing was fished out of the lake the day after she met Xia Yulin. The police determined that she had committed suicide.
When He Yijing heard the news, he went crazy and passed away after working intensively for half a year and torturing himself by almost not eating.
After saying this, Xia Yulin hugged her head and burst into tears: "Ruanruan, to some extent, the tragedy of He Yanting's parents is related to me."
This story made Jiang Xu feel mixed emotions. She hugged her mother, not knowing how to comfort her.
That night, Jiang Xu tossed and turned beside his mother, unable to sleep.
At dawn the next day, He Yanting prepared to set off with Tuanbao.
As soon as he went downstairs, He Yanting stopped.
"Why are you up so early?"
Following his gaze, Jiang Xu was sitting on the sofa with his head down, wondering what he was thinking about.
Jiang Xu stood up and said to him, "I want to go with you."
Upon hearing this, surprise flashed in He Yanting's black eyes.
Jiang Xu explained, "They are Tuanbao's grandparents. I should go and see them according to etiquette. Besides...my mother has always felt guilty about them and she can't face them. I want to go and see them on her behalf."
He Yanting looked at her gravely.
When he heard the second half of the sentence, when she mentioned Xia Yulin, his brows frowned noticeably.
Jiang Xu was afraid that he would refuse, so she took a step forward and said, "Please."
He Yanting lowered his eyes and said softly, "Okay."
Tuanbao looked up at them, not understanding what they were saying, but he was very happy to know that his mother was going to accompany him to visit his grandparents.
It didn't snow heavily last night, and there was only a very shallow layer of snow on both sides of the road and on the branches.
The road leading to the cemetery is lined with old pines and cypresses, covered with a thin layer of white snow. Under the gloomy sky, it looks like a black and white world.
They gave flowers and lit incense.
Jiang Xu looked at the two young faces on the tombstone and felt very uncomfortable.
He Yijing and He Yanting are very similar, but also somewhat different. He Yijing looks more gentle and elegant, while He Yanting is more fierce and powerful.
The girl next to her had a gentle smile, just as Xia Yulin described. At first glance, she was a gentle and talented woman from Jiangnan.
He Yanting sat down on the steps next to him and lit a cigarette.
Suddenly he said, "Every year at this time, I come over to keep them company."
Jiang Xu walked over and sat down next to him.
She didn't know how to comfort him. This kind of pain could not be relieved by any words.
Looking at Tuanbao who was arranging flowers beside him, Jiang Xu sighed softly.
He Yanting said nothing and smoked one cigarette after another. Jiang Xu did not disturb him and waited quietly with Tuanbao.
After smoking half a pack of cigarettes, the sky began to sprinkle with snowflakes again.
He Yanting stubbed out his cigarette and stood up: "It's snowing, let's go."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
